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Not Defined by Sexuality: A Brief Reply to John Corvino - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

John Corvino: It’s true that gay people tend to think about their “gay identity” more than straight people think about their “straight identity.” That’s mainly because, in a hetero-normative world, embracing gay identity requires a lot more effort.” This strikes […]

Matthew Lee Anderson

Assorted Thoughts on Love Wins - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

Got a chance to read through Love Wins this weekend, and I thought I’d post a few reflections on it, bullet point style. If Rob Bell isn’t a universalist, then I think he has only himself to blame for the […]

Andrew Walker

Mark Tooley Interview: Afterword - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

This week, Mere-O unveiled its interview with Mark Tooley. As with the rest of our content, we hope that you found Tooley’s responses insightful and encouraging. In most settings, interviews often raise more questions than they answer. We hope our […]

Andrew Walker

Mark Tooley Interview Part IV - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

AW: Who is your all-time favorite political philosopher? Theologian? Do the two ever inform the other? MT: John Locke would seem to be the most important philosopher of Anglo-American limited government.  As a Methodist, of course John Wesley is my […]

Matthew Lee Anderson

Was Martin Bashir Unusually Hard on Rob Bell? - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

The interview: I initially tweeted that this is how “journalism should be done,” a claim which incited some grumbling among those who think that Bashir was unduly harsh on Bell.  Word went around that Bashir attends Tim Keller’s church in […]

Andrew WalkerUncategorized

Mark Tooley Interview Part III

Mark Tooley Interview Part III

Matthew Lee AndersonDiscussion Leading

Four Things Questions Can Do

Four Things Questions Can Do

Andrew Walker

Mark Tooley Interview Part II - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

AW: Can you describe the way in which your Christian worldview has informed your political worldview? MT: My Christian worldview is that humanity is by nature totally depraved and completely dependent on God’s grace.  Political arrangements that ignore this realty […]

Andrew Walker

Mere-O Interview: Mark Tooley - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

Last September, Matthew Anderson and I journeyed to Washington D.C. for the annual Values Voter Summit. While there, we had the privilege of having a late night dinner with Mark Tooley, President of The Institute on Religion and Democracy. The […]

Matthew Lee Anderson

The Unity of the Virtues and the Triumph of Love - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

Rob Bell’s latest offering brought out the crazy-thorough in Kevin DeYoung. I’ve been holding off commenting on both the brouhaha surrounding the book and its contents, mostly because I haven’t read the book yet.  But I read DeYoung’s review and […]

Matthew Lee Anderson

The Brand New Mere-O - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

You might notice a few changes around here. We’ve got a brand new logo, a sharp new theme, and a few fancy new features.  The most important of them is that the threading system on our comments is vastly improved. […]